Electricité de France

EDF, the acronym derived from when the company was created in 1946 as Electricité De France, is a French headquartered energy company with interests spanning from electricity generation to trading. The company has interests in energy projects in Europe -- France, the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy in particular -- and the United States, China, Laos and South Africa.

Case Studies

 * EDF Spies on Greenpeace

Contact Details
Website: http://www.edf.com/the-edf-group-20403.html

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External articles

 * "EDF bosses probed for spying on Greenpeace", AFP, March 31, 2009.
 * "EDF caught spying on Greenpeace in France", Media Release, April 1, 2009.
 * Angelique Chrisafis, "French energy company executive charged with spying on Greenpeace", Guardian, April 1, 2009.
 * 'EDF caught spying on Greenpeace in France", Greenpeace, April 2, 2009.
 * Vincent De Rivaz (Chief Executive EDF), Letter tpo John Sauven, Greenpeace UK, April 9, 2009.
 * EDF, "Information", Media Release, April 10, 2009.
 * "Greenpeace reaction: EDF Espionage Greater than Expected", Media Release, April 6, 2009.
 * "France's EDF suspends two executives", Reuters, April 10, 2009.
 * "Greenpeace Calls For EDF CEO's Suspension Over Alleged Spying", Wall Street Journal, April 16, 2009.
 * Angelique Chrisafis, "EDF spied on environmentalists in Britain, court documents suggest", Guardian, April 17, 2009.
 * "Anti-nuclear groups aim to implicate EDF chairman in spy case," Platts, April 17, 2009.
 * Peggy Hollinger, “EDF accused of spying on anti-nuclear groups," “Financial Times”, April 20, 2009.
 * Daniel Fineren and Muriel Boselli, "France's EDF says not spying on Greenpeace", Reuters, April 22, 2009.
 * "Did EDF, France’s nuclear-energy giant, spy on Greenpeace?" "Economist.com", April 23, 2009.
 * Matthew Campbell, Chris Gourlay "French spies targeted UK Greenpeace," "Times Online'', April 26, 2009.
 * James Kanter, "Espionage and the ‘Nuclear Renaissance’", New York Times, April 28, 2009.